scowl

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++scowl1 /skaʊl/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]  LOOK ATto look at someone in an angry way 怒视 → frown Patrick scowled, but did as he was told. 帕特里克一脸不悦，但还是照办了。scowl at Mum scowled at him and refused to say anything. 妈妈瞪着他，一句话也不肯说。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

scowl• "What do you want?" said the old man, scowling.• He went reluctantly, scowling and cursing the man on the horse.• Papi always scowled and told her not to speak such nonsense.• Jane scowled and told them to get out.• Luce washed herself and smoothed her fringe as best she could, scowling at her reflection in the mirror.• What are you scowling at me for? You asked me to wake you up.• Irritable and moody, she shook her hair back and leaned back on her braced hands and scowled at me.• The off-shift sat scowling on a wall, counting their money.• Reed has been scowling so long in his long career that it seems a natural repose for him.scowl at• Nancy scowled at me from across the room.scowl2 noun [countable]  EXPRESSION ON somebody'S FACEan angry or disapproving expression on someone’s face 怒容；不悦之色 → frown She looked at me with a scowl. 她对我怒目而视。

Examples from the Corpus

scowl• The ripple of laughter that followed brought a scowl to Trentham's face.• Bell started Job Corps last March, standing 6 foot 6 and wearing a scowl.• The little mouth was born with a scowl, the brows positively beetle over the turned-up be-ringed breathing apparatus.• A teenage girl was sitting alone in a corner with a scowl on her face.• He looked up at me with a scowl, a scowl of surprise.• He will laugh loudly then stop suddenly, with a scowl.• She passes through much of the movie with a monotonous scowl.• Bedford returned the scowl with a smile.Origin scowl1 (1300-1400) Probably from a Scandinavian language

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scowl

I

scowl¹ /skaʊl/ verb [intransitive]to look at someone in an angry way ⇨ frown:
    Patrick scowled, but did as he was told.
    scowl at
    Mum scowled at him and refused to say anything.

II

scowl² noun [countable]
an angry or disapproving expression on someone’s face ⇨ frown:
    She looked at me with a scowl.
     

THESAURUS

■ different types of expression
   ▪ frown the expression on your face when you move your eyebrows together because you are angry, unhappy, or confused: With a frown, she asked, ‘So what’s wrong with that?’
   ▪ smile an expression in which your mouth curves upwards, when you are being friendly or are happy or amused: She gave him a quick smile.
   ▪ scowl an angry or disapproving expression: There was a scowl of irritation on his face.
   ▪ glare a long angry look: He gave her a furious glare, but said nothing.
   ▪ grimace an expression you make by twisting your face because you do not like something or because you are feeling pain: His face twisted into a grimace of anguish.
   ▪ sneer an expression that shows you have no respect for something or someone: ‘That’s what you said last time,’ she said with a sneer.
   ▪ smirk an expression in which you smile in an unpleasant way that shows you are pleased by someone else’s bad luck or that you think you are better than other people: He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face.
   ▪ pout an expression in which you push out your lower lip because you are unhappy that you did not get what you want: ‘You’re going away?’ she said with a pout.